• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1519-1523
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• 2021

Radioactive iodine (¹³¹I) released from nuclear power plants has been a critical environmental concern for workers. The effective trapping of radioactive iodine isotopes from the off-gas stream generated from nuclear facilities is an important issue in radioactive waste treatment systems evaluation. Numerous studies on retaining methyl iodide (CH₃I¹³¹) by impregnated activated carbons under the high content of moisture have been extensively studied so far. But there have been no good results on how to remove methyl iodide at high humid conditions up to now. A new challenge is to introduce other promising impregnating chemical agents that are able to uptake enough radioactive methyl iodide under high humid conditions. In order to develop a good removal efficiency to control radioiodine gas generated from a high humid process, activated carbons (ACs) impregnated with triethylene diamine (TEDA) and qinuclidine (QUID) were prepared. In addition, the removal efficiencies of the activated carbons (ACs) under humid conditions up to 95% RH were evaluated by applying the standard method specified in ASTM-D3808. Quinuclidine impregnated activated carbon showed a much higher decontamination factor above 1,000, which is enough to meet the regulation index for the iodine filters in nuclear power plants (NPPs).

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2010년도 추계 학술논문요약집
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• pp.425-426
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• 2010

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 추계학술논문요약집
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• pp.616-617
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• 2018

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.379-380
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• 2018

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.373-374
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• 2018

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.262-279
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• 2019

고준위방사성폐기물처분장의 공학적 방벽에서는 다양한 원인으로 인해 기체가 발생한다. 만약 기체 생성 속도가 기체 확산 속도보다 빠를 경우 기체의 압력이 증가하게 되고, 기체 유입 압력(gas entry pressure)을 넘어서게 되면 기체가 급격히 벤토나이트 완충재를 통과하는 기체 이동 현상(gas migration)이 발생하게 되며 이는 사람과 주변 환경을 방사능에 노출시킬 수 있기 때문에, 공학적 방벽의 장기 건전성 확보 측면에서 기체 이동 현상을 명확히 규명하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 특히 벤토나이트 완충재와 같이 점토 물질을 다량 함유한 매질에서만 나타나는 매우 중요한 기체 흐름 현상인 팽창 흐름에 대한 수리-역학적 메커니즘을 규명하고, 기체 이동 현상의 정량적 평가를 위한 새로운 수치 해석 기법 개발 및 검증이 필수적이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 공학적 방벽에서의 기체 이동 현상을 모사하고자 역학 손상 모델 및 손상도를 고려한 2상 유동 모델을 개발하였으며, 일정 체적 경계 조건 하에서의 1차원 기체 주입 시험 모사를 통해 개발된 모델의 적용성을 검토하였다. 수치 해석 결과 공극 수압 및 응력, 기체 유출량이 팽창 흐름 발생 시 급격히 증가하는 현상을 모사할 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.293-300
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• 2022

During the decommissioning of the nuclear facilities, the radioactive gases in pressure vessels may leak due to the demolition operations. The decommissioning site has large space, slow air circulation, and many large nuclear facilities, which increase the difficulty of workers' inhalation exposure assessment. In order to dynamically evaluate the activity distribution of radionuclides and the committed effective dose from inhalation in nuclear decommissioning environment, an inhalation exposure assessment method based on the modified eddy-diffusion model and the inhaled dose conversion factor is proposed in this paper. The method takes into account the influence of building, facilities, exhaust ducts, etc. on the distribution of radioactive gases, and can evaluate the influence of radioactive gases diffusion on workers during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 Proceedings of The 6th korea-china joint workshop on nuclear waste management
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• pp.300-315
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• 2005

Recently plasma surface-cleaning or surface-etching techniques have been focused in the respect of decontamination of spent or used nuclear parts and equipment. In this study decontamination rate of metallic cobalt surface was experimentally investigated via its surface etching rate with a $CF_4-O_2$ mixed gas plasma and metallic surface wastes of cobalt oxides were simulated and decontaminated with $NF_3$ - Ar mixed gas plasma. Experimental results revealed that a mixed etchant gas with about $80{\%}\;CF_4-20{\%}\;O_2$ gives the highest reaction rate of cobalt disk and the rate reaches with a negative 300 DC bias voltage up to $0.43\;{\mu}m$/min at $380^{\circ}C$ and $20{\%}\;NF_3-80\%$ Ar mixed gas gives $0.2\;{\mu}m$/min of reaction rate of cobalt oxide film.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4096-4101
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• 2023

Radon is a radioactive gas produced from the uranium-238 series. Radon gas affects public health and is the second cause of lung cancer. The study samples were collected from one area of the city of Jazan, southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The influence of engineering and physical parameters on the emanation coefficient of gas and other gas parameters was studied. Parameters for radon were measured using a CR-39 Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector (SSNTD) through a sealed emission container. The results showed that the emanation coefficient was affected directly by the change in the grain size of the soil. All parameters of measured radon gas have the same behavior as the emanation coefficient. The relationship between particle size and emanation coefficient showed a good correlation. The values of the emanation coefficient were inversely affected by the mass of the sample, and the rest of the parameters showed an inverse behavior. The results showed that increasing the volume of the container increases the accumulation of radon sons on the wall of the container, which increases the emission factor. The rest of the parameters of radon gas showed an inverse behavior with increasing container size. The results concluded that changing the engineering and physical parameters has a significant impact on both the emanation coefficient and all radon parameters. The emanation coefficient affects the values of the radiation dose of an alpha particle.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.79-92
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• 1996

방사성폐기물 처분후 처분장내에서는 금속의 부식과 셀룰로스 물질의 미생물 분해에 의한 기체가 발생하게 된다. 이 논문에서는 금속부식과 미생물 분해에 의해 발생되는 기체의 발생률을 예측하는 수학적 모델을 검토하고, 그로부터 저준위 방사성폐기물 처분장에 대한 기체 발생률을 예측하여 보았다. 금속성 물질의 부식은 3단계로 일어나며 그중 마지막 단계에서 H$_2$가 발생하게 된다. 셀룰로스 물질의 미생물 분해는 8가지 형태의 박테리아에 의해 일어나는 화학반응에 따라H$_2$, $CO_2$, CH$_4$등이 발생하게 되는데 이는 처분장내의 pH 및 몇몇 화학종의 농도에 따라 반응률이 결정되게 된다. 이 논문에서는 처분후 약10,000년 동안 발생되는 주요 기체의 발생률 및 누적발생 량을 예측하여 보았다. 평가 결과, 중저준위 방사성폐기물 처분장내에서 발생되는 기체는 H$_2$가 가장 많이 발생되는 것을 알 수 있었다.